page_title: Simeon Ivanov (racing driver)
section_title: Karting
hierarchical_section_title: Simeon Ivanov (racing driver) / Career / Karting
caption_attribution_description: English: Simeon Ivanov - karting race at La Conca.
context_page_description: Simeon Ivanov is a Bulgarian former professional racing driver. He competed in Formula Renault 2.0 and World Series by Renault in 2007. His racing career started at the age of 15. He won both the Bulgarian Karting Championship in 2005 and twice the South East European Karting Championship in 2004 and 2005. He was also promoted twice the Best Bulgarian Racing Driver award in the two years in which he raced in national championships. In 2014 he raced in the Bulgarian Rally and Rallysprint Championships. In 2015 he competed in GT4 Euroseries with Ginetta G50. He authored the book 0.1%: Join The Club of The Richest, Healthiest, Happiest.
context_section_description: Ivanov started his karting career at the age of 15. He won his first podium in his first race and the first win only two races later. In 2004 (his first full year as a racing driver) he raced in two karting championships - Bulgarian and South East European. He became the first karting champion of South East Europe and got second place in the national championship in class KF2. At the end of the season all racing teams voted Simeon Ivanov to become the holder of the Best Racing Driver award.
  2005 was even more successful for the Bulgarian pilot. He completed a total of 14 races in the Bulgarian Karting Championship and the South East European Championship, scoring 12 pole positions, 13 wins and one 2nd position. He won both Championship titles and was again promoted for the Best Bulgarian Racing Driver. In the end of the year, Ivanov toke part in the Kerpen Winter Cup, Germany. He raced partnered by CRG Holland team. After finishing 4th and 2nd in the two semifinals, he was pushed off the racing track at the final but still managed to get to the podium in fifth place.
  In 2006 Simeon raced together with CRG Holland in the Italian Open Masters and at the Lonato Winter Cup. The top result of the season was reaching the finals at the Lonato race out of 140 racing drivers. At the end of the year, Ivanov made his first Formula Renault 2.0 test.
caption: Simeon Ivanov in the 2006 Italian Open Masters at La Conca Circuit
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